Leather bound journal 13 x 21 cm, containing handwritten notes, poems, newspaper clippings. Binding broken. Newspaper clippings: Australian Ode Competition 1913 -- Aladdin's Pastepot -- Remember the Waiter -- The Queen's Jubilee -- To Wolsley all authored by 'CROMWELL'; The Peace Soceity -- Imprisoned in his chimney -- Quelled by a bike various clippings from the Sunday Times 1899, many authored by 'Uncle Billy', 'UB' and 'The Goat'; Psychic Pianist -- Poor Humanity -- National Song Competition. Poems: The Twins -- The Danube -- The Lady Pharisee -- Sydney Harbour and the meeting of the waters -- Welcome Earl Beauchamp (Sydney 24/4/1899 GW) -- The Capitalist -- Coronation of King Edward VII (June 29 1892) -- Home rule for Old Ireland (12 June 1902) -- The Water and Sewerage Board -- Pity me -- The Nun and the Cardinal -- Ode to Australia (25/8/1913) -- Congenial souls (illustrated) -- On the revision of the New Testament -- Love -- Oh the happy days of childhood -- To give you a glimpse of a heavenly kiss. Songs: Patriotic song -- A young Cockadoodle . . . Old Brown. Plays: Ali Cogia or The Fraudulent trustee by GWR -- King Harold a play in three acts by GWR [1881] -- Out of the ranks. Manuscripts: Our tricycle ride to Harwick [Sept 27th 1890] -- The Burglary in Arcadia -- [indescipherable by Tidy-fol-lol] -- Marion -- Never more -- Duet -- The Farmer's wife and the geese -- The MP and his voter -- Lie-water and the Chinaman -- The Prior of Cosmo -- Jack and the mermaid -- An amusing episode. Music: Patriotic song.

Also signed card and obituary notice 22 Sep 1904.

Poems composed by Brennan between 1899 and 1920, with extracts from A.G. Stephens's 'Chris Brennan'.

Five poems.
Titles: Blue eyes; Marigolds; Outpost; The call; Would you remember?
Transcribed from newspaper cuttings by Norman K. Harvey.

Poem in 3 stanzas.
Marginal handwritten note to Firmin McKinnon, asking his opinion of it, whether it should be published as one poem.
Also includes 5 handwritten letters to the Fryer Librarian sent in 1972, and a photograph of Grano aged 76, taken by his daughter.

Titles: Translation [from] Catullus; Disillusionment; To Althea; Monkey Glands; Charles II; A Latin Name; Statius: To Sleep (A Translation); two short poems, untitled.

30 poems by Christopher Brennan, probably selected and copied by Professor F.W. Robinson.

Photographs, biographical notes, collected correspondence, poems, addresses, newspaper articles, and reports related to Edward Harold Fulcher Swain's career as a forester. Includes letters written by Harold Swain to Jules Tardent, and Jules and Myrle Tardent; typescript copies, made by Nancy Foote (daughter of Swain), of newspaper articles, correspondence, articles, and diary entries, by or relating to Swain are in this collection. Nancy Foote typed these from the originals in 1970 to 1971 and provided copies to 'Mr Tardent' (Jules Tardent). Jules Tardent and Swain worked in the forestry industry.

Letter 16 Dec 1911 to the Senate, University of Queensland, explaining his reasons for refusing by telegram the offer of a lectureship in Modern Literature.
Attached: copies of extracts from Brennan's previous application for the Chair of Classics, with testamonials from referees.
Also notice of motion of Senate meeting to consider the lectureship appointment.
Includes correspondence between Cecil Hadgraft and Zelman Cowen re the documents, reviews of French poetry by Christopher Brennan, and a copy of an unpublished poem by Christopher Brennan.

Anthology collected in school holidays [note].
Also photocopy of notebook.